UPDATE: Michelle Litjens will be in office until next January.
Tea Party darling and Michelle Bachmann “wannabe”, Michelle Litjens has been busy reinventing herself this year. First, the freshman Republican announced in February that she would not seek re-election to the state assembly. At the time TMJ reported that she wanted to spend more time with her family. Apparently that sentiment didn’t extend to her soon to be ex-husband because she filed for divorce against her husband on June 8th, as reported on June 17 by Root River Siren.
All this makes me wonder what other changes Michelle is going to make before the year is over. One thing that I’m sure won’t change is how reliably she provides content to lefty bloggers. No matter how slow the news day, we can count on her because she is a never ending supply of “seriously? she just said that?”.
Oh, and another thing: TEA Partiers/Republicans are not racists and anti-gay. That’s a myth and a fallacy you people like to perpetuate. Actually, I know Democrats who DID NOT vote for Obama in 2008 because he is black! So, to use the epithets to denigrate one group is hypocritical as well.
And, Kristi Lacroix ROCKS!
Yea, “you people”. lol
So because there are some racist Democrats, that means that Teabaggers are NOT more racist or homophobic than the general American public? That is some sound logic. Okay, you’re right…the Tea Party isn’t anti-gay…they’re just against anything possibly construed as officially PRO-gay. Yes, you are correct…the Tea Party has done a lot to help the LGBTQ community in its quest for fair and equal treatment free of denigration simply because of who they were born attracted to. Next time there’s a Pride Parade or festival nearby, I’ll make sure to swing by and count how many Gadsden flags I see flapping in the breeze. Hint: I won’t need ANY hands to count the total…
Well, that is some sound logic. So is someone is not openly and actively pro gay, they are against anything LGBT? Sure.
First: provide evidence where is says that Ms. Litjens was outspoken against the things you say she was. Hard evidence.
Second: Where does it say that a TEA Party or Republican politician cannot get divorced? I don’t know if she is Catholic, which is the only denomination that would be most likely to frown on divorce. If she is, still, most people on your side are pro separation of church and state. So her private life should have no bearing. Also, who of you haters here would stay in a marriage to uphold an image if the relationship is beyond repair? I don’t think any of you would. Why do you try to told a Republican politician to a different standard than you hold your own? Republicans own up to mistakes and do not try to appear as if they are saints. We know we are human, thus imperfect. Unlike Edwards, or Clinton, who do things which can be perceived as immoral and yet, get away with it. Clinton is still held in high regard by many. So, please get off your hypocrisy high horse before you go on judging others. Divorce is a very difficult thing to go through.
This is very much news, if Michelle litjens is going to legislate who gets married, what we teach in schools, if single women are automatic child abusers, that we can not teach comprehensive sex ed to our kids, and numerous other “family values” legislation, then quits to spend more time with her family and kicks her hubby out the door, it is very much news.
I wonder why they are getting divorced? Did she dictate to her husband the way the republicans dictated to our state how things will be? Was she having an affair when she was here in Madison? if so with whom? (before you say that is none of our business i would refer you to exhibit A – Randy Hopper/ Valerie Cass. Had we not known about that, Valerie Cass would be in a nice high paying government job she was unqualified for and we would not know why she was there).
It was a stressful year for the republicans as Robin Vos is also heading to his third or fourth divorce.
I bet Julainne Appling cant wait to get working with the republicans to make divorce harder(this is one of her stated goals). I am sure Vos and his cronies will jump right on THAT bandwagon.
Jeff – Thanks for the comment. I wasn’t aware Ms. Appling was interested in making it harder for people to divorce. She has a particular interest in controlling other people’s relationships through government intervention– big government in all the wrong places.
To long? Or you cut out the truth of what conservachick had to say? Kristi is a true model of what the American teacher should be like! Someone who actually CARES about the children, and their education!
Shane- Suddenly somebody gets a flag wrapped around her for being anti-union. But maybe I need to know more about your way of thought. Do you think it is Anti-American to be Pro-Union?
a movement not a party! We don’t need a leader,only incentive, and unionista’s have given us plenty of that!
Despicable! Also, the tea party has no “leader”, it is
Are you still in high school? This is juvenile stuff. How about growing up? I see absolutely no significance with this divorce to anything political…just like I see no significance if it were a democrat getting divorced. This is just plain and simple kicking someone when they are down and bullying…and if y’all get some sort of power trip off it…just remember what goes around comes around. Everyone suffers personal grief and setbacks in their lives. That is when we should be bigger than our petty selves and show some empathy for someone who is going through a difficult time. But you wouldn’t know about that, now would you?
packers87 – Not in high school. And I remain unconvinced by your not-so-eloquent response. I don’t think anybody is “bullying”. In fact I think this is a very mild blog post about Ms. Litjens.
From your response, I get the distinct feeling I touched a nerve. I find it ironic how bullies never feel they are bullying. Example: “I remain unconvinced by your not-so-eloquent response.” Verbal bullying, putting down my response as not being eloquent enough to convince you. If my response was not eloquent enough for you, you would not have responded to it. The whole purpose for this blog is to gloat over the misfortune of another. My experience with bullies is that they do this to feel superior. If, as you claim, you are not in high school…stop acting like you are. Grow up and take the high road for once.
packers87 – You’ll have to trust that there are a number of things people have told me about on the sly that I have not written about. In this case, a divorce of a politician has been made public record. I don’t see a smear of any person made here. Really only a mild snide attitude towards Michelle at worst. You should take care of what you do on the net. Based on the number of right wing comments I’m getting, readers ARE going to think this is an abnormally interesting divorce worthy of looking into further.
If someone takes a political stand for so-called “family values” and then proceeds to get divorced… It’s relevant. And hypocritical. And hilarious.
You do not know the circumstances of this divorce…nor is it any of your business. A divorce is not a stigma of bad morals…and the fact you even state this is ridiculous. What is this blog really about? Now, if this person had divorced her husband because he was dying say of prostate cancer and had put up her boyfriend in a fancy apartment and had a love child by said boyfriend…that would be very relevent to family values. Oh yea…that would be DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES that do that.
Umm folks, what is missing from this discussion?
Maybe a reason she is filing for divorce. A pro-family person can reasonably divorce someone for unrepentant abuse, drug/alcohol addicition, etc.
As conservative as I am, I don’t get or like gloating over the foibles of ANYone. It cheapens those who gloat.
And bluecheddar, you are bullying.
steve – Thanks for the respectful comment and I respectfully disagree. There may be some snideness directed to the other side but I did not detect “bullying” from this post.
Mr. Litjens is known by all to be a good-hearted, hard-working, successful, honorable man and a loving father. There was no abuse or addiction. The dirtiest piles of laundry were/are in Madison. You are correct, bluecheddar: This is an abnormally interesting divorce. Much, much, much more important than even YOU realize or can imagine.
JP. good summary. friends know him well. she is not the christian conservative she portrays and now a madison scandal that will break soon. don’t know why the republicans can let this happen with their own. much worse than hopper. if the walls of the inn at the park could talk.
It seems that the word is getting out, but will the press protect him just like they protected Gov. Thompson?
There is no story for the press to print. It is simply a sad “state of affairs” in Madison. Don’t like to talk about it because of her children. If there is integrity within the Republican party they should not allow this character to be the speaker of the House. Where are the leaders?
The progressive hypocrite has spoken as the Campaign for America’s Future conference is going on in DC right now….
Now go crawl back under the rock where you came from. We’ve got ours flashlights ready to shine on you cockroaches thanks to new media. You may proceed to continue paying your Romney protesters. Have a nice day pushing your failed ideas (or lack thereof) and empty rhetoric.
Conservachick- I don’t live under a rock, Conservachick but maybe you do? I have never spoken at the “Campaign for America’s Future” conference. As for George Soros and similar, it would be fantastic if they’d cut me a check, but so far not even a tweet from them. If you could put in a good word for me that would be swell. [I edited down your comment. Too long and offensive. Put it on your own blog. Good day.]
Wow! You really are a douchebag, aren’t you? When a marriage ends, only the two people who were in it knows what the real story is.
banshee–I don’t think anybody even tried to tell “the real story” of anybody’s marriage here. You’re over-sensitive. Be careful out there on the internet.
The only “story” here is one of pure, unadulterated hypocrisy. And hilarity…
Wow. I keep up with your blog so I can see what nonsense is being fed to the other side, but this is ridiculous. I am sure you realize that taking pleasure in another person’s is dispicable. Good luck with your blogging; I can not imagine that anyone with an ounce of integrity will be reading it…I know I never will.
* person’s pain…
Kristi-I am flattered that a big name turncoat teacher such as yourself would stop by this little blog. I’m just curious – how much do you get paid to go on Fox and Friends? Also wondering-were you going to go to Columbia – - somewhere in Latin America? I thought I remember reading about a trip like that.
I did not get paid anything for anything. I drove my own car, used my own gas and gave my own time. I know it confuses someone like yourself that a teacher can think outside the union group-think, but I do. If trying to diminish my efforts by saying that I am a “turncoat” or that I am a paid schrill for the GOP makes you feel that you have a strong argument…by all means, spew away. The “trip” you are talking about is a FB game to raise awareness for breat cancer. People were to post that they were taking trips in order to jump-start a conversation about breast cancer. Again, do what you need to do. Good luck with your cause.
Wow where is all this hate coming from. Kristi is not only a teacher, she is a taxpayer and a Wisconsinite. According to the exit polls almost 40% of public union households voted for Governor Walker. They did that because they voted for what was best for their state, not for themselves. Kristi has more integrity in her pinky finger than the average Hater like you has in their entire body. All you know how to do is attack with your little blog. SHAME SHAME SHAME
Santo- Apparently my “little blog” has the power to turn on your caps lock key. With regard to the union vote, I’ll add a note: there is an important and basic distinction that is lost on most of the pundits- a lot of private union members don’t historically vote Democratic. Talking construction unions, iron workers.. It was a remarkable thing that private construction unions were in solidarity with public union workers in Feb/Mar of 2011. It was the job of the Dems and others to try and keep that solidarity from then ’til June. Obviously it did not hold.
Gee Cheddar, you give yourself way too much credit. As for private versus public unions, go ahead and tell yourself the 40% who voted for Walker don’t matter… we all know better.
She’s not out of politics yet. Her public persona helped caused endless pain to thousands of our fellow Wisconsinites. Since she chose to run on her private virtues to expose her private failings is a public service.
For myself, I think the fate of Ms.Litjens is biblical, she should have been attending to the beam in her own eye rather than irritating the mote in her neighbor’s eye.
Being out of the public eye makes her no less a hypocrite. Can’t wait for Grothman to chime in on all the abuse that is sure to follow.
Suzy — I wonder if more context needs to be added here to explain why it IS significant to a political blog that focuses on Wisconsin that Ms. Litjens is undergoing a divorce. For example, Michelle Litjens is a Tea Party leader. Her comrade in Tea Party leadership is Wisconsin Glenn Grothman –who the entire nation made a stink about for at least 1 solid week after he pushed policy that sent the message that single parents put their children at risk for abuse. Michelle will very soon be a single parent. This does make her more likely – under Grothman’s logic — of abusing her chidren. Now that IS harsh, but it is painting Grothamn’s colleague with his own judgemental brush.
Yeah, this is pathetic from an otherwise great blog. And “wonk” refers to policy, not bottomfeeding among people’s personal misery. #FAIL
See note I gave to Suzy. The personal failure is a public failure in light of Tea Party policy.
Blah blah blah blah. Right. It’s the Tea Party’s fault that you’re being a heinous bully. Got it.
What is it with you liberals being such victims?
I think this is out of bounds. If she is out of politics, her private misery should be of no interest to the public.
Out of bounds, out of bounds? When are these revolving door Republicans EVER out of public life? NEVER. Where is Missy, I mean Mrs., I mean ex-Mrs., exactly going to land up once out of office? Some bottomless monied front group that will mold and shape policy in smoke filled back rooms and mudslinging ad campaigns? Some so-called think tank constantly injecting private flawed morality into policy decisions that impact the rest of us? Some formerly civil service position now filled with crony appointments within another branch of government? Some private sector play for pay job waiting in the wings? The twisted creative possibilities are endless. Oh and she’s a grown up woman, it’s not like we’re asking questions about her children. She sought the limelight, she shouldn’t complain when we directors don’t turn off the arc lights for awhile.
Why do you hate women so much?
Now whos caplocks key got turned on?
How is it out-of-bounds when someone as vocal and cocky about the role of “morals” and “family values” with regards to marriage, abstinence-only sex ed in schools, etc., who was never one to shy away from passing judgment as Litjens is/was, files for divorce? Maybe she was leaving the legislature to spend time with her family and attempt to salvage her marriage. Regardless, any time a Tea Party elected official (a group that lectures on family values and the “sanctity of marriage,” yet is anti-gay marriage because it “threatens” the institution of marriage, after all) then goes and gets a divorce, it’s worth pointing out their hypocrisy. It’s a tough break for Litjens and her family. Then again, those in glass houses…